The symposium was developed by Mirthe Berentsen and de Brakke Grond.
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12-15 October, 2017
THE MOTHERNISTS II: WHO CARES FOR THE 21st CENTURY?
October 12-15th, ANAFORUM presents: ‘The Mothernists II: Who Cares for the 21st Century?’, an international symposium on care work and intergenerational feminist knowledge-sharing held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Mothernizing ANA: Who Cares for the Future?’ The symposium is co-organized by Lise Haller Baggesen and Deirdre M. Donoghue (m/othervoices) and is co-hosted by Astrid Noacks Ateliers and the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
‘The Mothernists II: Who Cares for the 21st Century?’ is the second iteration of ‘The Mothernists’, a transatlantic summit / art exhibition held in The Netherlands in June 2015, which brought together the work and thought of practicing international artists and art historians for the cross pollination of art, philosophy, and maternal theory, practice, and experience.
Participating scholars, artists, mothers, activists in ‘The Mothernists II’:
Irina Aristakhova (USA), Lisa Baraitser (UK), Yvette Brackman (DK), Rosemarie Buikema (NL), Myrel Chernik (USA), Chloé Clevenger (USA), Ada Corsi (DK), Christa Donner (USA), Deirdre M. Donoghue (NL), Pirkko Donoghue (FIN), Kirsten Dufour (DK), Rachel Epp Buller, (USA), Arahmaiani Feisal (IDN), Dyana Gravina (UK), Lise Haller Baggesen (USA), Jubsi Baggesen (DK), Courtney Kessel (USA), Tina Kinsella (IRE), Natalie Loveless (CAN), Irene Lusztig (USA), Nanna Lysholt Hansen (DK), Elena Marchevska (UK), Irene Pérez (ESP), Micah Perks (USA), Barbara Philipp (NL), Shira Richter (ISR), Lena Simic (UK), Emily Underwood-Lee (USA), Faith Wilding (USA), Sheena Wilson (CAN), Weronika Zielinska-Klein (NL), Danielle C. Wyckoff (USA), DRANG (DK).
With contributions from:
Bracha L. Ettinger (ISR) and Silvia Federici (USA).
‘The Mothernists II’ has been made possible by support from Astrid Noacks Ateliers, Copenhagen (DK), Centrum Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam (NL) and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, (DK).
Weronika Zielinska’s (Upominki) participation in the ‘The Mothernists II’ has been made possible with the support from Centrum Beeldende Kunsten,Rotterdam (NL).
THE MOTHERNISTS II MANIFEST
Lise Haller Baggesen & Deirdre M. Donoghue
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SYMPOSIUM: THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC
Initiated by Autonomous Practices department of Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
Free, please register: https://guestlist.co/
Full program: https://goo.gl/g7uw81
On self-organization
THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC symposium brings together over 20 self-organized practices located in the city of Rotterdam. They will discuss their short and long term impact on the city and society and question their potential as a learning environment.
The majority of self-organized initiatives in Rotterdam has been mapped in the framework of THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC. The current count is over 85. An (online) publication that maps the growing inventory of these autonomous initiatives in Rotterdam will be launched the same day.
Participating self-organized practices:
Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie, Bcademie.nl, Bibliotecha, Conversas Rotterdam, foundation B.a.d, galerie Gallery, Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) “The Curacao Center for Contemporary Art”, Leeszaal West, Showroom MAMA, M/other Voices, New School Collective, Observatorium, Peach, Performance Art Event, The Performance Bar, Post Office, Publication Studio Rotterdam, Stad in de Maak – City in the Making, Upominki, V2 Instituut voor de instabiele media, Wallgallery Rotterdam, thepiratebay.worm.org and others (TBA)
Moderators:
Petra van Brabandt, Binna Choi, Florian Cramer, Geert Lovink, Noor Mertens, Malique Muhamud and others (TBA)
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In 2016 The Willem de Kooning Academy started a long-term research trajectory called THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC initiated by the Autonomous Practices department. THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC researches how self-organized artist and activist practices engage with other disciplines, the city and each other. THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC revolves around two questions:
In what ways do self-organized practices find new forms to manifest themselves and what visions to shape society do they present?
How can an art school connect itself to this fabric of autonomous makers in the city in a structural way?
THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC will kick off in the form of a one-day symposium. The symposium will be situated at the WdKA and six different self-organized spaces in the city of Rotterdam. At every location a specific topic is addressed that’s relevant to the location, which will be discussed with public, experts, teachers and other initiatives. These discussions will take place in a small setting.
SYMPOSIUM: THE AUTONOMOUS FABRIC
Friday February 10, 2017 – 11:00 – 21:30h
Initiated by Autonomous Practices department of Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
Starting location: Willem de Kooning Academie, Blaak 10 Rotterdam
Attendance is free, but please register here: https://guestlist.co/
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